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obama addressed the veterans of foreign wars convention in reno, nevada. he warned that major defense cuts are looming at year's end, if congress can't agree on deficit cuts. and he said the blame lies with republicans. >> they would rather protect tax cuts for some of the wealthiest americans even if it risks big cuts in our military. i've got to tell you, v.f.w., i disagree. if the choice is between tax cuts that the wealthiest americans don't need and funding our troops that they definitely ne to keep our country strong, i wi stand witour tros eversing ti. ( applause ) >> sreenivasan: romney will speak to the v.f.w. tomorrow. markets around the world were jumpy today on fears that spain is sliding ever closer to a bailout. spanish banks already have a deal for international aid, but the government may need one, too, as it struggles to deal with its debts. worries about the situation pushed wall street lower. the dow jones industrial average lost 101 points to close at 12,721. the nasdaq fell 35 points to close at 2890. the u.s. stepped up its commitment
obama addressed the veterans of foreign wars convention in reno, nevada. he warned that major defense cuts are looming at year's end, if congress can't agree on deficit cuts. and he said the blame lies with republicans. >> they would rather protect tax cuts for some of the wealthiest americans even if it risks big cuts in our military. i've got to tell you, v.f.w., i disagree. if the choice is between tax cuts that the wealthiest americans don't need and funding our troops that they...
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virginia, nevada. and the romney people are not able to do that but because he's doing this new transitioning where he's allowing joint fund raising with the r.n.c., basically the r.n.c. has offered this to any candidate, you can do joint fund-raising, that money goes to the r.n.c. and allows them to build their state by state organization. they're adding staff in virginia north carolina, florida. looking at hispanic outreach directors in these states because they understand that one of romney's issues-- this is one advantage he has for the long primary. it's revealed he's starting to lose women voters to obama and he has a problem with hispanic voters so they have time to make a correction there. he's also turning a bit to foreign policy. >> woodruff: this mention of hispanic and women voters dante gets to a piece you wrote for the "washington post" this past week end where you talk about this practice that many of us who cover politics are guilty of. >> myself included. myself included. and we talk a
virginia, nevada. and the romney people are not able to do that but because he's doing this new transitioning where he's allowing joint fund raising with the r.n.c., basically the r.n.c. has offered this to any candidate, you can do joint fund-raising, that money goes to the r.n.c. and allows them to build their state by state organization. they're adding staff in virginia north carolina, florida. looking at hispanic outreach directors in these states because they understand that one of...
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>> governor romney was able to win the youth vote in florida and nevada. he's done so since. those are competitive primaries in a crowded field so to say governor romney can't connect with the youth is inaccurate. congressman paul has run a successful campaign in getting new supporters out and we feel they're coming out, listening to e conservative message, listening to republican candidates who will come to us as well and governor romney, too. >> gwen, in 2008 we had a tremendous amount of youth activity and, as i said, a lot of that was in reaction to eight years of george w. bush but i think that right now young people are going to make decisions based on substantive issues, they care about who's fighting for them on education, health care and on, of course, job creation and i think at the end of the day as they aay says what this president has done and the plans that he's laid forth to grow this economy and insti ago measure of fairness into our economy, they contrast that to governor romney's record in massachusetts and his adherence to the tea party code and the ryan bu
>> governor romney was able to win the youth vote in florida and nevada. he's done so since. those are competitive primaries in a crowded field so to say governor romney can't connect with the youth is inaccurate. congressman paul has run a successful campaign in getting new supporters out and we feel they're coming out, listening to e conservative message, listening to republican candidates who will come to us as well and governor romney, too. >> gwen, in 2008 we had a tremendous...
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. >> woodruff: meanwhile, president obama was in reno, nevada, where the recession hit especially hard, promoting his policies over republican ideas. >> it's going to take a long time for the economy to fully recover, more time than any of us would le. and refuse to sell this country short by going back to the exact same ideas that helped to get us in this mess in the first place. >> woodruff: this was fresh off last night's hollywood fundraiser at the home of actor george clooney, bringing in a one-night record $15 million. mr. obama won warm applause from a crowd that welcomed his newly announced support for gay marriage. the president took that stance after vice-president biden said sunday that he is "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex couples marrying. wednesday on abc, mr. obama said he had meant to address the issue before the vice-president spoke out. >> i had already made a decision that we were going to probably take this position before the election, before the convention. he probably got out a little bit over his skis. but out of generosity of spirit. >> woodruff: reports
. >> woodruff: meanwhile, president obama was in reno, nevada, where the recession hit especially hard, promoting his policies over republican ideas. >> it's going to take a long time for the economy to fully recover, more time than any of us would le. and refuse to sell this country short by going back to the exact same ideas that helped to get us in this mess in the first place. >> woodruff: this was fresh off last night's hollywood fundraiser at the home of actor george...
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supreme court declined to take up two state marriage cases, one involving a ban on gay marriage in nevada and another involving an arizona law that denies benefits to same-sex partners. >> brown: we have two takes on questions being asked about the day after the rulings. first, some analysis now of how the court's ruling on the defense of marriage act may change federal benefits for same-sex couples and what questions remain. winnie stachelberg joins me to explain. she's an executive vice president at the center for american progress. welcome to you. >> great to be here. >> brown: i want to pick up first on what the president was saying about this issue of couples married in one state moving to a state where, perhaps, that's not recognized. how big a deal, first, is this patchwork system that we have? >> well, the patchwork system is a very big deal, which is why we are eager to have marriage equality in all 50 states because the patchwork just doesn't work for a married couple. what exists right now is in the 13 states and the district of columbia where are you legally married-- you are
supreme court declined to take up two state marriage cases, one involving a ban on gay marriage in nevada and another involving an arizona law that denies benefits to same-sex partners. >> brown: we have two takes on questions being asked about the day after the rulings. first, some analysis now of how the court's ruling on the defense of marriage act may change federal benefits for same-sex couples and what questions remain. winnie stachelberg joins me to explain. she's an executive vice...
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within a few years you have swing state, maybe not even swing state, new mexico, nevada, texas starts becoming a swing state. >> a blue state. >> the tnds are so damn obvious, but they walk the other way. >> woodruff: so the campaign, the rest of the campaign, mark, jobs numbers out today. but how doe this fit in and where does this stand. >> don't pop the champagne. we're a long way from five percent but i mean the jobs numbers were better than expected which is always good. and they were increased from both august and september. they were higher. and with rising house prices, home prices, and confidee and optimistic index being highest, the highest in five years, this is all encouraging news. i mean it's not determinive news but all encouraging news for an incumbent. >> woodruff: does it affect the campaign, do you think? >> i'm not sure the last jobs numbers have a huge effect. in 1992 george h.w. bush had bigger jobs numbers. he had really significant growth. people used the economy had will be been locked. nonetheless the last couple of weeks of the campaign, you have to say ther
within a few years you have swing state, maybe not even swing state, new mexico, nevada, texas starts becoming a swing state. >> a blue state. >> the tnds are so damn obvious, but they walk the other way. >> woodruff: so the campaign, the rest of the campaign, mark, jobs numbers out today. but how doe this fit in and where does this stand. >> don't pop the champagne. we're a long way from five percent but i mean the jobs numbers were better than expected which is always...
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latino turnout, according to juan sepulveda, may have given them the margin of victory in colorado, nevada, and virginia glaen glen when the latino voters turned out, 71% of them voted for the president. ray suarez, thank you for a your good work from chicago. >> suarez: thanks a lot, gwen. >> woodruff: we'll devote much of the rest of the program to the events of last night and the coming days including what worked and what didn't; what the voters endorsed what's ahead in the president's second term. plus, shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street had its worst day of the year, amid worries about continuing divided government in washington and bad news out of europe. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 313 points to close at 12,932. the nasdaq fell 74 points to close at 2,937. for more on what happened, i spoke earlier with economist hugh johnson, who runs his own investment services company in albany, new york. so, mr. johnson, tell me, how do we distribute the weight of what's pull the market down? is it the f
latino turnout, according to juan sepulveda, may have given them the margin of victory in colorado, nevada, and virginia glaen glen when the latino voters turned out, 71% of them voted for the president. ray suarez, thank you for a your good work from chicago. >> suarez: thanks a lot, gwen. >> woodruff: we'll devote much of the rest of the program to the events of last night and the coming days including what worked and what didn't; what the voters endorsed what's ahead in the...